HSK 5 · Verbs

承担 chéngdān “to take on (responsibility)” in Chinese

Traditional 承擔

What 承担 means

  1. to take on (responsibility)
  2. to bear (a cost)
  3. to undertake
  4. to assume (responsibility etc)

How to say 承担

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale承chéng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale担dān1st tone, high and level

承担 in a sentence

  1. 父母承担教育子女的责任。

    Fùmǔ chéngdān jiàoyù zǐnǚ de zérèn.

    Parents are responsible for their children’s education.

    Sentence #466016 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我来承担失败的责任。

    Wǒ lái chéngdān shībài de zérèn.

    I’ll take responsibility for the failure.

    Sentence #8863078 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我不想承担这样一个风险。

    Wǒ bù xiǎng chéngdān zhèyàng yí ge fēngxiǎn.

    I don’t want to take a risk like that.

    Sentence #4799111 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 承担 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 承 (chéng) drawn as one shape
承chéngto bear

承 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 担 (dān) with each of its parts in a different colour
担dānto undertake
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 旦dawn · dànSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 旦 (dàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with dān.

How to write 承担

承 8 strokes · 担 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

承担 (chéngdān) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 承担 (chéngdān). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 承担

Words with 承

承认chéngrèn · to admit承受chéngshòu · to bear承诺chéngnuò · to promise继承jìchéng · to inherit承办chéngbàn · to undertake承包chéngbāo · to contract

Words with 担

担心dānxīn · to worry担任dānrèn · to hold (a post)担保dānbǎo · to guarantee负担fùdān · burden

More words: Common Verbs

抄chāo · to copy (by hand)趁chèn · to take advantage of (a time or chance)成立chénglì · to establish成长chéngzhǎng · to grow up承受chéngshòu · to bear吃亏chīkuī · to lose out持续chíxù · to continue充满chōngmǎn · to be full of

FAQs

承担 (chéngdān) means “to take on (responsibility)” or “to bear (a cost)”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it chéngdān: chéng with a 2nd tone, then dān with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 承担 is written 承擔. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type chengdan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 承担 from the suggestions. Typing chengdan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
承担 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.